\Lat"ter\, a. [OE. later, l[ae]tter, compar. of lat late.
See {Late}, and cf. {Later}.]
1. Later; more recent; coming or happening after something
   else; -- opposed to {former}; as, the former and latter
   rain.
2. Of two things, the one mentioned second.
         The difference between reason and revelation, and in
         what sense the latter is superior.    --I. Watts.
3. Recent; modern.
         Hath not navigation discovered in these latter ages,
         whole nations at the bay of Soldania? --Locke.
4. Last; latest; final. [R.] ``My latter gasp.'' --Shak.
{Latter harvest}, the last part of the harvest.
{Latter spring}, the last part of the spring of the year.
   --Shak.